Siemens’ Crimea sanctions break – a case of criminal negligence | #SiemensGate
Four gas turbines produced by German technogiant Siemens have been delivered to occupied Crimea in breach of EU…
New Eurovision rules to prevent Russia-style political provocations
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU), the organizer of the Eurovision international song contest, is going to change the…
Barge bringing watermelons to Kyiv harbinger of resurrected river travel in Ukraine
The Dnipro was an established water artery from the medieval times of Kyivan Rus, when, as the legend…
Russia’s Technopromexport finally admits turbines in occupied Crimea are from Siemens
Technopromexport, the company which purchased four gas turbines from Siemens, has finally admitted that it has delivered those…
Poroshenko strips “old buddy” Saakashvili of citizenship; Ukraine returning to selective justice
On 26 July 2017, Mikheil Saakashvili, former President of Georgia and current political opponent of Ukrainian President Poroshenko,…
How Siemens chose to ignore the obvious. An investigation into the Crimean sanctions break
Summary The international scandal which started when Siemens gas turbines were spotted in occupied Crimea on 29 June…
Why did Russia close its airspace near Donbas one day before flight MH17 was downed?
When on 13 October 2015 the Dutch Safety Board released its report into the crash of flight MH17,…
Powering the Anschluss. How Siemens turbines ended up in Crimea despite sanctions
On 5 July 2017, Reuters wrote, citing three of its own sources with knowledge of the delivery, that…
Car explosion in Kyiv takes life of Ukrainian Colonel; involvement of Russian special services suspected
A bomb that detonated beneath a car on 27 June 2017 near Vul. Mekhanizatoriv 8 in Kyiv took…
War propaganda not covered by freedom of speech: EU Court rejects complaint by Kiselev
The General Court of the EU has rejected an appeal of Dmitry Kiselev, the head of the Kremlin's state…
Ukraine and France to film historical drama about French princess from Kyivan Rus
The Ukrainian company Kinorob and the French Dadafilms have announced that they will film a historical drama about Anna of Kyiv,…
Ukrainian artist takes folk tradition of paper-cutting to monumental levels
Lviv-based artist Dariya Alyoshkina is taking the traditional Slavic art of vytynanka to a new level. Her latest…
Ukraine’s PRosecutor General: one year of Yuriy Lutsenko
A bit over a year ago in Ukraine, Yuriy Lutsenko was appointed to the position of Prosecutor General.…
Museum of Soviet monumental propaganda to open in Kyiv in fall of 2017
Ever since the toppling of the Lenin monument in Kyiv during the winter of 2013 amid the Euromaidan…